At the residence the deputies reported immediately smelling a “funny” odor. After gaining consent to search the trailer, Owens and Daugherty located an active meth lab that had been tossed out a back window. The components were still separating, according to authorities.

A smaller frontcourt hasn’t slowed the Campbell County High School boy’s varsity basketball team one bit this season.
The Cougars (3-2 overall) are making up for their lack of size underneath the basket with scrappy effort and a don’t-back-down attitude. That philosophy worked well last week for Campbell County, which won 2 out of 3 games while playing on the road.
“For us to be successful this season, we have to be the 2010 incarnation of Rupp’s Runts,” said Cougars coach Barry Jones.

Several items received approval at the LaFollette Utility monthly meeting on Monday . General Manager Kenny Baird said action was taken on three different items during the meeting.

The first item of discussion was tree-trimming bids for 17 miles of new line construction in Caryville. Three bids were received, the high bid was $250,000 and the low bid was $38,750. A very large difference between the two bids led Baird to believe the high bid was basically a no bid.

The board approved the low bidder, Wolf Tree Company, for the project.

Disgruntled ambulance service employees flocked to the courthouse Tuesday night to learn what if anything would be done to resolve a number of issues they allege are occurring within the department.

The six-member EMS committee assembled to pose questions regarding the operation of the county’s ambulance service and to hear from employees who allege they have been victims of unfair personnel policies and practices instituted by director Danny Sheckles.

The harsh weather made its first mark this week as a rockslide closed a main county road for possibly several days.

Five miles past Duff on Davis Creek Road in Campbell County, a severe rockslide blocked traffic. The road closed at 12 a.m. Wednesday and is not expected to reopen till after Thursday.

Campbell County Road Superintendent Dennis Potter said the slide was bad on Davis Creek. Another mudslide partially closed Nicks Creek Road in Stoney Fork, said Potter. Both slides were caused by excessive rainfall in the past two days, said Potter.

Campbell County senior lineman Keenan Evans joins nearly 100 of the state’s top high school senior football players that have been chosen to play in the 4th annual Toyota Tennessee East vs. West All-Star Classic on Dec. 11 at Carson Newman College in Jefferson City.
Kickoff will be at 12:30 p.m. The Toyota East vs. West All-Star Classic is the only all-star game in Tennessee to be televised live statewide.

If the wheels of justice turn slowly, the ones responsible for propelling the justice center forward are all but stopped.

After years of debate, funding challenges and design changes, it seemed the on again, off again project that would add jail space as well as courtrooms and offices was back on track when commissioners said yes to a supplemental $2.6 million bond issue at their Nov. 15 meeting.

The LaFollette City Council got a fresh face on Monday night as the newest elected officials take office.

Councilman Joe Bolinger and newly elected councilwoman Stephanie Grimm were sworn in together during a special ceremony prior to the workshop meeting.

Bolinger and Grimm repeated the oath of office as retired Circuit Court Judge Conrad Troutman led the ceremony. Joined by their family and friends the two elected officials were pleased to take their office seats.